sports If you came to the WIAA Division 2 Ellsworth Team Sectional Tournament Tuesday evening hoping to see another exciting dual meet between Ellsworth and Amery like the 33-29 regular season dual, you were bound to be disappointed.
Unless you were an Ellsworth fan.
The No. 1 Panthers walloped No. 5...
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2014-02-21 17:34:52

If you came to the WIAA Division 2 Ellsworth Team Sectional Tournament Tuesday evening hoping to see another exciting dual meet between Ellsworth and Amery like the 33-29 regular season dual, you were bound to be disappointed.

With Amery knocking off Stanley-Boyd/Owen-Withee/Thorp 52-23, the stage was set for another sectional final showdown between Ellsworth and Amery. But this time the Panthers dominanted rather than eke out a win thanks to five pinfalls for Lantz, Mueller, Gabe Frandsen at 160; Dennis Schutz at 182 and Kemmerer again at heavyweight. EHS also notched a tech. fall from Logan Kemmerer at 170.

Also winning for EHS were Jacob Fuchs by a 3-1 score over Amery's Trent Dado at 145; Ken Stowe upsetting the Warriors Kenny Gates 3-2 at 220 and the Purple's Brock Steldt once again clinching the meet over Amery with a dramatic 6-2 win over Broden Schock at 195.

Ellsworth improves to 18-3 overall. They will take on Evansville/Albany in the state semifinals March 8 beginning at 10 a.m. The other semifinal has No. 2 Wittenberg-Brinamwood vs. No. 6 Pewaukee.

Sean Scallon has been a reporter and Sports Editor at the Pierce County Herald newspaper in Ellsworth since 1998. He holds a bachelors degree in communication arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He's also worked at newspapers in Glenwood City, Wisconsin; Marion, Illinois and Shawano, Wisconsin. Sean also works as a sports reporter for other newspapers and websites in RiverTown Multimedia from River Falls to Hudson to New Richmond and Red Wing.